As a presidential candidate, now-President Biden promised that he would put a “quick end” to the Trump administration’s 2020 Title IX rules. Aiming to keep that promise, the Department of Education announced its intention to release proposed amendments to Title IX’s implementing regulations by April 2022, a month earlier […]
On Tuesday, November 16, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced that it is suspending all implementation and enforcement efforts related to the emergency temporary standard (ETS) on mandatory COVID-19 vaccination and testing in the workplace. OSHA’s announcement comes […]
Please join us in congratulating James Franczek on his selection to Lawdragon’s Top 500 Employment Lawyers. Nationally, 69 attorneys were selected for Lawdragon’s “Hall of Fame”, and only 4 were located in Chicago. Lawdragon selected the honorees through submissions, […]
Yesterday, Governor Pritzker signed Senate Bill 1169 into law, clarifying the legislative intent of the Health Care Right of Conscience Act (HRCRA) to allow employers the right to “take any measure or impose any requirement…intended to prevent contraction or transmission […]
This article was originally posted to our Title IX Insights Blog. Governor Pritzker recently signed into law Public Act 102-0466 (House Bill 3223), which makes changes and additions to the School Code to support students who are parents, expectant parents, or victims of domestic or sexual violence. The new law goes into […]
This article was originally posted to our Special Education Insights Blog. In this second blog post in our series on the OSERS Question and Answer document on IDEA requirements related to returning to in-person instruction, we are focusing on two questions relevant […]
Governor Pritzker recently signed into law Public Act 102-0466 (House Bill 3223), which makes changes and additions to the School Code to support students who are parents, expectant parents, or victims of domestic or sexual violence. The new law goes into effect on July 1, 2025, except that several provisions noted below must be […]
In this second blog post in our series on the OSERS Question and Answer document on IDEA requirements related to returning to in-person instruction, we are focusing on two questions relevant to this time of transition and uncertainty. (Our first […]
